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A very similar accident occurred at Shipley on 18 May 1916 to a goods train headed by another saddle tank, No. 845, again causing much damage but no loss of life. [39] On 22 February 1887, a passenger train from Bradford going to Shipley, collided with a goods train that was foul of the running lines just east of Laisterdyke station.
The service to Ilkley branches north of Shipley railway station to: Baildon railway station a reopened station; Esholt: station closed; Esholt Junction for the line to Leeds. and on to Guiseley, Menston, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ben Rhydding and Ilkley; The line was electrified throughout using 25 kV AC Overhead [5] between 1994 and 1995 by ...
Baildon station closed in 1953, but on 20 March 1965, the other three of these stations closed, along with another dozen stations and the local service between Bradford and Leeds. Most of the services through Shipley were under threat and hung in the balance until the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive adopted them in the 1970s.
The terminus of the new line was called Shipley and Windhill Station (According to Dewick, [2] it was first Shipley (Great Northern) and then Shipley Bridge Street) or possibly Shipley East. [3] The station was on the north side of Leeds Road, west of the Bradford Canal, and less than 330 yards (300 m) from the existing Shipley Station on the ...
With 40 stopping trains, that was an average of two per train, but a total usage (by current calculations of "footfall") of over 50,000 journeys a year. The original station was closed by the British Railways Board, as a result of the Beeching Axe, at about 9.30 pm on 20 March 1965. The station handled parcels by passenger train right up to the ...
Passenger trains between Leeds railway station and Bradford serve or have served the following places on two routes: to Bradford Interchange on the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) line: [2] Holbeck High Level station (closed 1958 when service was still from Leeds Central station) [3] Armley Moor (closed 1966) also served Wortley
The second platform is disused and covered in weeds. The station is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bradford Forster Square, and 2 miles 79 chains (4.8 km) south-west of Guiseley railway station. [12] Electrification of the line was authorised in the 1990s and completed in 1995. [13] The station is unstaffed, but a ticket machine is now ...
Bradford Interchange is a transport interchange in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which consists of a railway station and bus station adjacent. The Interchange, which was designed in 1962, was hailed as a showpiece of European design and was opened on 14 January 1973.